Medium:

Stoneware with iron glaze and iron pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 5 x 6.3 x 6.3 cm (1 15/16 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in)

Style:

Sawankhalok ware

Type:

Container

Origin:

Ban Pa Yang kilns, Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai province, Thailand

Date:

16th century

Period:

Ayutthaya period

Description:

Small covered box with domed lid, knob shaped like a stem and calyx of mangosteen

Clay: light gray stoneware with black flecks.

Glaze: translucent; milky blue where thick.

Decoration: painted in underglaze iron, four panels overlapping seam, filled alternately with cross-hatching and foliage.

Mark: none.

Provenance:

From ca. 1968

Dorothy M. Slak, acquired ca. 1968 from Jakarta, Indonesia. [1]

From 1986

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Dorothy M. Slak, Sarasota, Florida. [2]

Notes:

[1] Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.

[2] See note 1.

Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

The Tea Ceremony as Melting Pot (January 31 to July 18, 2004)

Previous custodian or owner:

Ms. Dorothy M. Slak

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

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Thailand  Search this

Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767)  Search this

stoneware  Search this

brown and black glaze  Search this

Southeast Asian Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Dorothy M. Slak

Accession Number:

F1986.51a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia

Google Cultural Institute

NMAA Southeast Asia

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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